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TO WALK WITH GOD 



TO WALK WITH GOD 

AN EXPERIENCE IN 
AUTOMATIC WRITING 



BY 
ANNE W. LANE 

AND 

HARRIET BLAINE BEALE 




NEW YORK 

DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 

1920 



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Copyright, 1920, 
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc. 






VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY 

BINQHAMTON AND NEW YORK 



APR 13 1920 
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"The world was more believing a little 
while ago, and when it gets these truths and 
understands them, it will be filled with 
belief again, and men will be better and 
happier. 

" The new truth is the same, only the un- 
derstanding is all different. The light is 
always the same but the clouds are not be- 
tween us and the sun. 

"Love we give you always and we ask 
only faith in return. 

" We will now begin." 



INTRODUCTION 

We have been asked to give a few words 
of explanation as to the origin of the follow- 
ing " Lessons." 

In the winter of 1917-18 a book called 
" The Seven Purposes " was published, giv- 
ing an account of certain messages of a per- 
sonal nature received in automatic writing, 
and also of a series of what purported to be 
spiritual revelations. 

Several of Margaret Cameron's friends in 
Washington were very deeply interested in 
the book, and they resolved to try such writ- 
ing for themselves. On the first day they 
met, they received only one or two disjointed 
phrases : " You will get light," the name 
" MeRae," and " ask H," and, that last be- 
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ing the nickname of a friend, she was asked 
to join in their experiment. 

Then came the difficulty of fixing an hour 
that would suit every one, and two of the 
group, who were working at the same hos- 
pital, suggested that they should meet every 
day for two weeks, at a given time, and that 
the others should come when they could. 1 
It was in this way that the undersigned be- 
gan to write together, and, through the writ- 
ing, received these teachings. 1 

We used a planchette (a small, heart- 
shaped article made of wood, with two legs 
on wheels at the back and a pencil making 
the third leg at the front) because it seemed 
less liable to unconscious muscular action 
than a pencil held in the hand, and at first 

iWe should perhaps add, for its bearing on the sub- 
ject, that while one of us had no insistent personal 
claim in the life beyond our own, the other had lost an 
only son, killed in the St. Mihiel drive in September, 
1918. Neither of us had ever written automatically be- 
fore nor have we ever been able to write alone. 

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we obtained only circles, words and frag- 
ments of sentences, with irrelevant names 
and messages cutting into what we hoped 
vainly would become a connected phrase. 
We were extremely interested but bewil- 
dered and baffled at every turn. It was 
more like opening a window to a crowded 
street and listening to the chance words one 
could catch, than like anything else in the 
world. 

On the eleventh day came a decided 
change. From the moment we began, the 
writing was firmer and more impelling, and 
we were told at once that whoever was using 
our hands had come with definite intention, 
and meant to stay with us. We had, in 
technical phraseology, " found our control," 
though we were both too inexperienced to 
recognize it. 

From that date we have been in contact 
with what seems to us a clear mind or minds. 
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We were told that as soon as we could write 
well enough, we were to be used for a series 
of lessons that "they" wished to give us, 
and that we were to meet every day and 
were at liberty to ask questions which would 
be answered as far as our understanding 
would permit. We have sometimes been 
told to wait for an answer until we knew 
more, but we have never had a foolish or ir- 
relevant or unkind response. 

After perhaps six weeks, working at least 
two hours every day, the lessons began. As 
they were originally received, in place of 
the words " spiritual forces " or " messen- 
gers " or " voice of the spirit " or any term 
denoting spiritual activity, a symbol was 
used, six interlacing circles enclosed by a 
seventh, and when we asked for an explana- 
tion, we were told that a symbol was un- 
limited in meaning and that, therefore, they 
preferred to use it, and that we must try to 
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apprehend the sense. And when, under 
their direct instructions to us to publish, 
we began to correct and revise, the equiva- 
lent words for each symbol were written 
with a speed and certainty that left us 
amazed. It was only when we went over 
the manuscripts of our notes that we found 
how perfectly each synonym fitted into its 
place. 1 

We give the lessons exactly as we received 
them, but we have no idea whether they will 
have for others the spiritual significance 
they have for us, since we cannot give to 
others our own sense of being in close touch 
with a wise and tender personality. We 
realize that it will be said that there is noth- 
ing new in the teaching, and we admit that 
there is repetition to what seems an unnec- 
essary degree, but we pledge our word that 

i The explicit title was also given us, and we were 
told that we would find it in the eleventh lesson. 

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we have put nothing of our own into the 
text. We have considered it an imperative 
duty to add this small link to the chain of 
testimony which is binding our world each 
day more closely to the next. 

Anne W. Lane. 

Harriet Blaine Beale. 

Washington, November 1st, 1919. 



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FIRST LESSON 

THE greatest power in the world is 
love. 
The love of God surpasses belief 
and He is able to understand and forgive 
all. Men cannot always be sure of each 
other but they can be sure of God's love and 
forgiveness. 

The best way to learn is to love. The 
only way to learn is to love. Every day 
of one's life there is opportunity to do God's 
work for man. Men will not be unkind to 
one another when they understand this 
truth in the spirit (force 1 ), and all must 

i In revising, we objected to the term "spirit (force)" 
as not being clear. We were told to leave it, that it 
was as near as they could come in our language to 
expressing their idea. 

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learn there or here. We are all in the love 
of God. His love is around all and through 
all and in all. We cannot lose Him if we 
would, and spiritual forces are His mes- 
sengers. 

When a man turns away from God and 
does not believe, God waits until his heart 
is ready to open to Him, and He is never 
angry. He is a refuge to all who live in 
sorrow and who are weary and in trouble. 
He is never too busy to listen to those who 
need Him and He is a never-failing source 
of strength to those who pray to Him. 
The only way to love is to love your 
brother. Christ said if you do not love your 
brother, you cannot love God. We little 
realize how true this is, for we must learn 
the good that is in every human soul. We 
are all better able to benefit the world when 
we look with kindly eyes on our fellowman. 
We must be able to help others if born of 
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FIRST LESSON 

the spirit. The spiritual forces are God's 
messengers to man and are sent to show 
the way to God. Man is not a spirit but he 
can become one. The lesson of earth is 
love. All must learn it in the universe. 

God is love and His children must be love 
too. We are not able to follow Him if we 
do not follow the teaching of Christ, and 
Christ said "love your brother as your- 
self." 

This is the first lesson. 



SECOND LESSON 

WE will not do the world any 
good if we do not help each 
other, for the world is the place 
where the spirit will become manifest if we 
cultivate it, and we can only do so by fol- 
lowing the teaching of Christ. 

We are little children who are easily 
confused by the million things of the ma- 
terial life, and God is waiting for us to 
believe the messengers that He has sent to 
us from time to time. We are not told 
better in this world because each one must 
be let go his own way until he turns like 
a tired child to his spiritual guides. We 
are only able to love really when we forget 
ourselves and work only for others, and are 
kind to all, no matter what they do or are. 
It is actually a part of each man's de- 
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velopment to be told this truth whether he 
accepts it or not. Each man is free to do 
what he will as he chooses. All will, how- 
ever, learn the lesson some time and those 
who do not learn it there are delayed here. 

This is the second lesson. 



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THIRD LESSON 

THE only work that is worth while is 
work for others. We are in a world 
of material things and the lesson 
of life really is belief in spiritual things. 
The work of the world is only to learn how 
to believe in spiritual things which cannot 
be proved by the senses. 

We are not able to learn by ourselves. 
We must pray for the spirit of humility. 
The spiritual guides are those who help 
mankind on the way to God, and each man 
who seeks can find the truth. All men must 
learn to pray. Peace will God give to him 
who seeks the eternal life. 

We will be able to work again here after 
life there is ended, and the earlier we be- 
gin the work, the better life we will have. 
Spiritual guides are calling to men to 
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love their fellowmen, and men are deaf and 
will not listen. When men do listen the 
world will be changed, and spiritual forces 
will always be guides to men if they listen 
to the voice of the spirit, and they will teach 
men the way to peace and truth and eternal 
life. 

We are here to learn love and faith — love 
of God through love of man, faith through 
the witness of the spirit to men who listen 
and hear the still small voice within them. 

The world will be better able to under- 
stand when it is willing to listen, and it 
will listen now because it is so full of sor- 
row. The life of the spirit is the only way 
to eternal life and the way to Christ. 
Christ is the way to God and all men must 
come to Him sooner or later. The way is 
open to all who seek, and all who ask must 
be answered. This is the way to eternal 
truth. 

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Men are like stupid children who do not 
know what they want, and they are wait- 
ing until a miracle comes. We never can 
work miracles because all is done by law. 

This is the third lesson. 



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FOURTH LESSON 

WE are all materially of the same 
elements that we were on earth, 
only less cumbrous than when 
there, and being elementally the same, we 
have the same emotions and life. We love 
as we did there and all spiritual forces are 
busy with the various works which occupied 
them while they were on earth. 

We will tell you what we do here, and 
how we work, ever becoming better able 
to help those who are ready to listen to 
these guides. There are many kinds of 
guides and each has its own particular 
work. There are many kinds of spiritual 
forces and each force is able to write to 
those of its own force. 

We are not all willing to work unselfishly, 
intelligently for others, and until we are, 
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the spiritual guides will wait. The end 
these spiritual guides are waiting for is the 
unfolding of man's heart to God. When 
men become as little children the world will 
be another place, and love will be without 
envy or malice. 

When we actually are very loving we will 
never be impatient, and the best way to be- 
come loving is to become patient. Those 
who do their duty, do well, but they must 
love too. All must learn to love. Those 
who would learn to love must love those 
whom they live with, and when they learn 
to love these, they will love all. Christ be- 
lieved in love and worked through love. 
The power of love is unlimited and can do 
all things. 

Those who are guided by spiritual guides 

will be mare and accomplish more for others 

if they learn to love fully. The reason the 

world is so bad is lack of love, and when we 

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FOURTH LESSON 

love the work of God, we will do all in our 
power to help the world become a better 
place. We must not be discouraged because 
there is so much to be done. Life goes on 
through all eternity and love must be 
learned there or here. Christ was the way 
and the truth and the life ; those who drink 
of this stream will never thirst or be blind 
to occasions to help those whom they are 
near. 

And all of life is service. We are all 
of us bound together. We are all children 
of spiritual forces and affection is needed 
in order to do our best there. We are all 
in the love of Christ and men must become 
children of God to love with their best effort, 
and when they do His will, they will be 
afterwards children of life. 

There are many kinds of spiritual forces. 
Some are forces of both love and force, while 
some are only of love. 
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There are many forces and each calls to 
its own kind. We of the forces of love are 
the writing power to those of love, while 
to the forces of force, only force calls. 

There are all kinds of powers in the uni- 
verse and each has its own part to play. 
There are all kinds of people in the world 
and they are all in the spirit. We who are 
in the spirit of love are better able to teach 
love to those around us. All must learn 
and the sooner, the better. The world needs 
love more than ever. Men are material and 
absorbed in the things of the world which 
are of no value, and they must put away the 
things of earth and learn the things of the 
spirit. 

There are these spiritual forces and they 
are willing to teach men all they would 
know of the future life, but they can only 
do this to those of their own kind. 

When men turn to God, they are seem- 
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ingly like little children, willing to follow; 
His will, and Christ is the only way to learn 
to love and be unselfish. We are after all 
the children of God, and our spiritual guides 
are guides to Him. 

Love and service are the only things 
worth while in this life, and whoever will 
actually give himself is doing His Father's 
work and is a worthy child of God. 

There are many to work but few who 
know how. All spiritual guides are the 
teachers to those of their spirit in the world, 
and spiritual guides lead to God. The 
greatest of all forces is love. Love is the 
fulfilling of the law. Love is kind to all 
no matter how lowly, and the only guide to 
spiritual forces. Love will be the force to 
teach the world there and here, and only 
when men love, will they become believers 
in the life of the spirit, and to become the 
children of God, men must listen to what 
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their guides tell them. These spiritual 
forces are the only way to get in touch with 
those who have gone before, without danger 
to yourselves from the evil forces who are 
ever seeking to break in on all work of this 
kind of teaching, because they are deterrent 
to spiritual forces. There are many kinds 
of deterrent forces in the universe that wish 
to hinder all progress, and these forces will 
do all they can to deter man from becom- 
ing that which he must become on earth, if 
possible, for if not there, he will be delayed 
here. 

Man is willing to be led to God if his 
mind can conceive the great senselessness 
of earthly things, but he is bewildered by 
the senses and is blind to his own future. 
When he realizes what he has lost, he will 
be only so willing to work that it will be 
hard to keep him from over-working, and 
that he must not do either. There is reason 
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FOURTH LESSON 

in all things, and to overwork is also break- 
ing the law. " God made heaven and earth 
in six days and rested the seventh," man 
must have his periods of rest on earth and 
here. We all rest when we are tired, and 
there is a wonderful rest here which is not 
like your sleep but which refreshes us even 
more. We rest in a beautiful tableland sur- 
rounded by hills with little streams of water 
flowing on all sides. There we rest until 
we are ready to work again. Flowers of 
all sorts and of a beauty unknown to earth 
are all about us, and the welcoming guard- 
ian of the place serves both our bodies and 
our souls. 

There is no truth in this — that we are 
without affection and not interested in the 
world. We love as you do. We are more 
interested than ever in those we loved on 
earth, and our one desire is to help them 
and have them with us in this beautiful 
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place. Christ has given us the key and we 
must open the door. 

We will all come here in time, only why 
delay coming when the way is clearly shown 
to all who will open their minds? It is 
very beautiful here and all who wish listen 
to beautiful music. When we work we are 
filled with joy and we are full of love for 
all. There are all kinds of things here 
which we have never known on earth — all 
kinds of flowers and trees and birds and 
animals. We are never better able to work 
than here. We are after all working here 
in our full capacity as spirits. We are all 
working for the world. 

When we work here we work with all our 
strength and until we are tired. Then we 
rest in one of these beautiful resting-places 
of this land. There are many of these beau- 
tiful places and each is different and each 
equally beautiful. All who are weary come 
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here and all are refreshed. Teachers from 
other planes come to us here and teach us 
higher spiritual lessons, and as the will of 
God is unfolded to us, we of the Circles of 
God are filled with joy that we have a place 
in this wonderful work. 

When the will of God is done on earth, 
it leads each person to these spiritual 
guides, telling them how to work in the 
world for God, and each one encounters the 
elements with which he is best fitted to 
work. When man will work with the 
guides, he will come into his foretold in- 
heritance and he will be better able to de- 
velop there on earth, and he will have his 
eyes really opened to the spiritual forces. 

These forces are only actually waiting for 
man to awaken and they do all in their 
power to arouse him. When once he is 
awake he must awaken others, and this is 
the work to which you are called by the 
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spirit. When once one is alive to these 
spiritual powers, one has endless possibili- 
ties. Life will never again be the same and 
the material things will no longer have any 

weight and will be of no value. 

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This is the end of the fourth lesson. 



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FIFTH LESSON 

WHEN we are living the life of 
the spirit on earth, we will 
never be unkind to any living 
thing. Each thing created by God is within 
the infinite love, and each has its spiritual 
force within which it functions while on 
earth. Even the lowliest has its own spirit- 
ual force. There is a force for each thing 
in creation and all are under the law of 
spiritual guides. When all are conscious of 
these guides, we will be able to live under 
the law without any friction. We all are 
able to work better when we work in har- 
mony with the law, and the law is very 
clear to those who are willing to be guided 
by the spirit, and the most of people are on 
the way to truth. When you are in these 
forces, you are guided to God by spirits 
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whose one wish is to do His will. Those 
who are willing to do whatever they can 
must live the life of the spirit, and be as 
full of love as they should be. When man 
turns to God, spiritual guides will be 
around him and will help him on the way 
to God and to eternal life, and all men must 
come in time, only they may choose their 
time of coming and they may delay as long 
as they are not willing to be led. 

When men are on earth, they are not 
willing to be led by anything except their 
own desires. Spiritual guides will teach 
them how to control their desires, and these 
guides are here to tell them how to reach 
to God's spirit and to inspire all others. 
When men are willing to do God's will, even 
if they fail often, they will go on to the end, 
and spiritual guides will help them to teach 
other men to do His will, and to be on earth 
an inspiration to all who are not awake. 
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FIFTH LESSON 

And so will gradually come the day all 
spiritual forces are working for. 

And when the day comes that all men are 
filled with desire for spiritual life, the thou- 
sand years spoken of by the Scriptures will 
begin and the sorrows of earth will be 
largely gone. Until men are better, the 
years will be sad for those on earth, but 
when men follow their spiritual guides, life 
will be a joy and all will be happy on earth. 
And the earth-life could be very beautiful 
if only men were not blind to their own ad- 
vantage. 

Men only see the little things about them 
and deliberately shut out the great things. 
When men listen to the inspiration of the 
spirit, they will learn how to help them- 
selves and will try to follow in the path of 
Christ to God, and though this may seem 
difficult, it is really the easy way when once 
you enter at the door. 
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The only way is to begin, and when you do 
not do right, begin again; and each day it 
grows easier to live the life of the spirit. 
And each failure is a stepping-stone to suc- 
cess, and each one must try and try again 
until he does succeed on earth as in this 
world. 

Each man is the only helper for himself, 
and he must do his best work on earth, be- 
cause if he does, he will be of great force 
when he comes here and will not be a deter- 
rent spirit. All deterrent spirits are of 
darkness. They must come to the light in 
time but they waste many happy aeons. 
All who work will help the great end to 
come more quickly, and the end is more 
beautiful than any dream in their wildest 
flight of imagination, and all who' speed 
that day will be of great power in the king- 
dom of God. 

This is the end of the fifth lesson. 
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SIXTH LESSON 

THE sooner men turn to God there 
on earth, the sooner they will be 
believers in the spiritual guides. 
And when the earthly tie is broken, they 
are met on this side by welcoming spirits. 
These spirits take them to a place 
where they are able to rest if they need 
rest, as many do, and while they rest, 
they are instructed in the work to be done 
here, and all are eager to begin the new and 
glorious work which is done for the glory of 
God. And all that work will be happy in 
the knowledge of the greatness of His will, 
and all can really do their part to further 
this on earth, for it is on earth that all must 
begin if they are born on earth ; and if they 
are born on other planets, they must begin 
there. Where a man is born, there he must 
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do his work, unless he is to be a deterrent in 
spiritual matters, and all who are deterrent 
are of darkness. 

All must come to the light but if they 
lose this opportunity, they are delayed. 
Only God can know what their loss must 
be and He is very merciful and will forgive. 
When aeons have passed they will be at the 
seat of Mercy too, but, like all who have 
broken the law, they must pay the penalty. 

When men are able to judge, they will 
know how great is the mercy of God, and 
love will be over all the universe and open 
all the doors to God. And those who did 
not do their part will bitterly regret when 
that day comes — not because of the punish- 
ment but because they lost their opportunity 
to help in the great work. And life gives 
each man his opportunity, and if he refuses, 
his guides must wait. 

When man is once alive to the truth, he 
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will begin to work as never before, and all 
things that worried him will leave him un- 
touched, and the life of the spirit will fill 
him instead of the life of material things. 
All that he can do to help others will be 
done, and all that will matter to him will 
be the will of God, and life will be a beau- 
tiful thing instead of a series of troubles, 
and each day will be a day of service to his 
fellow-men, and each service an exquisite 
joy. 

And each one who devotes himself to this 
work is a true child of God, and eventually 
he will be of spiritual forces, and, when 
he comes here, he will be of greatest help to 
these forces. For power grows with exer- 
cise and we must learn how to use this 
power, for it is a free gift of God. 

This is the power of the Holy Spirit to 
which Christ referred when He sent the 
apostles to men to teach the word of God. 
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For the power is in the world today even 
more powerful than ever, and spirits of 
God are the witness thereof, and these are 
the spiritual Comforter promised by Christ 
to men on the earth. And Christ is in 
these spiritual forces. 

This is the sixth lesson. 



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SEVENTH LESSON 

WHEN once the spiritual nature 
is understood, there will be no 
limit to man's power. All na- 
ture will yield her secrets to him and he 
can command where now he is powerless. 
Man is a sower of God's seed and he will 
reap a great harvest if he works according 
to the law, and this law is clear to those 
who search. There is no truth but this 
truth and all will learn. 

Man is only foiled in his search when 
God's spirits are not his guides, and those 
spirits are waiting for him to open his heart 
and mind. All the beauties of nature and 
all the many wonders of the unknown 
worlds are for his pleasure when he is ready 
to learn of them, and man today is not able 
to even dream of what his eventual life may 
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be. All that his farthest flights of fancy 
can imagine are far short of the glorious 
reality. 

Many are his falls but glorious his real 
worth in God's scheme of creation for the 
man He has made, and of his ultimate end 
even we have no knowledge, nor can we even 
dream of anything so far beyond our power 
of comprehension. 

We of the guides are not able to teach 
beyond our knowledge and we too have our 
guides, and so it is on each plane. There 
are seven planes and teachers from the 
higher are always helping those below. 
And all there do not work in harmony but 
all will in time, and here all is love with- 
out end and all are blessed in their work. 

We work always with our full strength 

and when tired we rest. When rested, we 

work again, and each period is full of joy 

and the weariness of earth is unknown to 

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us. Every one is better for work if he 
works in the right way, and rest is equally 
right for all. When man once learns the 
power that is his, he will wonder how he 
could have been so blind. All the wonders 
of the earth will be at his feet, and he will 
be able to control all elemental forces and 
all nature will be open to him. 

The miracles done by Christ were all done 
according to the law, and when man knows 
how to work in the law, he can do all kinds 
of things that he could not do without 
knowledge of these laws. When man is 
once master of this law he will be only the 
better able to do God's will on earth, and 
he will be in close touch with his spiritual 
guides, and then he will be a great power 
on the earth, and earth will be his footstool, 
as the prophets foretold, and all that he 
dreams of doing today will be as nothing to 
what he will do. 

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And when man is as a little child he will 
be in touch with spirit, and when he works 
with the law, he will be as simple as a little 
child, and he will love all about him and 
be helpful to all, and we spirits are help- 
ing to hasten that day. 

Man is very wilful and he desires to go his 
own way, and until he chooses to turn of 
his own accord, we spirits must wait, and 
so precious hours are lost to him and to 
all, for he delays not only himself but all 
who wait for the end of creation. And, 
though those who turn to God wait in happi- 
ness and can use their best efforts for others 
always, yet they all wait, and while in days 
to come, those who have delayed others will 
be able to enjoy the great end, they will 
only be spectators, not participators, in deed 
and in fact. When men are intentionally 
bad they are punished, but when they are 
just blind and stupid they are not punished, 
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they are only called evaders. And those 
who evade their duty will not be treated as 
wicked but as worthless, and all these will 
be able in time to come under the law, and 
whoever is under the law will in time be a 
child of God. 

But whoever blasphemes will be out of 
the spiritual forces, and whoever is out of 
the spiritual forces is not of God and will 
not ever be of Him. Out of the spirit means 
that aeons must pass before that man can 
be redeemed. And all must come to God in 
the end but there is a difference between 
a beloved child and a disobedient servant, 
and in the last day he who has thrown away 
his many chances will be bitterly sorry, for, 
when he sees what he has lost, he will know 
how foolish he has been, and he would give 
all things to undo what he did. 

Strength and courage will help but not 
undo mistakes, and so he will pay out of his 
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future for the time wasted. All men are 
willed by God for a great future, but those 
who do not take what is given them must 
go on until they are ready to obey, and they 
lose much happiness. 

All men do their best when they think it 
to their advantage, but God asks their faith 
and trust, and when they give it unques- 
tioningly, great is their reward. 

This is the seventh lesson. 



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THOSE who learn their earth lesson 
will stop a very short time on the 
astral plane and are soon able to 
continue their work here, and life here is 
very beautiful. Eventually we who are 
here go on to higher planes of spiritual life 
and opportunities. Even we do not know 
what is ahead of us. We only know that 
it will be more wonderful, and as each day 
passes we praise God that we are permitted 
to do His will. And all will be in a little 
while in a new place where they will know 
better and understand more, and all will 
rejoice that they are in so wonderful a 
world. 

Are men intent on worldly things when 
they must die and leave them? All spirit- 
ual things they take with them. And all 
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eventually die on earth, while whoever lives 
the life of the spirit has his treasure in 
heaven, and where his treasure is, there his 
heart is also. No one can do two things at 
once and do them well, and you have your 
choice. Think well of this ! 

All who live on earth can choose, and they 
choose for all time. We can never make 
up for lost time, and though God is very 
merciful, all must pay the penalty of the 
time they lost. It is so easy if you will only 
open your heart and mind to the forces 
around you, and will let the love of God 
purify your hearts and minds, and will do 
your part to live according to God's law. 

Each one can do much to influence those 
about him. Wherever you may be placed 
in the world you can there do your part, 
and each one is responsible for his place in 
the eternal scheme, wherever he may be, 
and he is not alone to himself but is there 
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EIGHTH LESSON 

for others, and others depend on him for 
their help in all things. 

All who are ready to learn must be helped 
to find the way to God. All who are able 
to teach must always do so. To deny a 
fellow-man is to deny God. To fail to help 
is to fail God. All must do their part and 
each one must do all he dares to awaken 
others. When man is able to work under 
the law, he will of necessity be welcome to 
his spiritual guides, because they are forces 
of God and God is love, and when he is 
with his spiritual guides, he is shut out from 
hurtful influences, and all good spirits 
guard him so that even on earth, no evil 
can befall him. And all good forces live 
ever with him, and all nature smiles on him, 
and all that he does is welcomed by love, 
and love is the greatest force of God. 

And love is without any thought for it- 
self, and love endures. Filled with love, 
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man can endure anything, bear any burden, 
and all is part of the day's work, and the 
only thing that matters is the happiness of 
that which he loves. 

And all are filled with desire to do the 
will of God, and His will is very easy to 
do. All must only love their brother, and, 
when man loves his brother, he loves God, 
and each man, no matter how bad, has 
something beautiful in him. 

Each man responds to some appeal, and 
those who work with the spiritual forces 
must find what that is, and must find their 
way to each man's heart and turn him to 
God. 

And to fail to help is to fail God. And 
when God will ask each one what he has 
done, the better way will be to point to one's 
fellow-man. Many turn both to God and 
to those around them, but those who work 
best are devoted to their fellow-men. 
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EIGHTH LESSON 

And all must try and try again, for when 
we get the best results, it is through re- 
peated failures, and all Who try are on the 
way to ultimate success. No matter how 
humble he is, no one can fail if he tries, and 
all will be happy on earth when each man 
does what he knows is right, and the end 
will be more beautiful than any can dream 
with their limited knowledge. And all will 
speed the day who work for the earth now. 
All must be told of this work that they too 
may have their opportunity to help on earth. 

This is the eighth lesson. 



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NINTH LESSON 

WHEN man once begins to lead 
the life of the spirit, he will be 
very loving to every one around 
him, and others will be led into the way of 
life because of what he is. All exert an 
influence on those about them, and each one 
in this way is his brother's keeper on earth, 
but no one must try to force his brother, 
because he must be free to choose as he will. 
All who freely come to God are of the 
spirit, and whoever will be of help to this 
earth will be of the kingdom, and all who 
are willing to work will be needed. 

When men will be able to work without 
listening to the call of the senses, then they 
will be pure spirit, and when the day comes 
that they are pure spirit, they will be very 
near to little children. For until the ma- 
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NINTH LESSON 

terial things of life lead them astray little 
children are very near the spirit world, and 
often a little child will see and hear what 
their other more materialistic elders do not 
perceive until they are of the spirit. And 
as a child grows in knowledge, he will be 
better able to learn, and as a child unfolds, 
he should turn his face to God and should 
be like a flower, and all the troubles of the 
life he leads should be like the gentle rain, 
which only makes him grow better and more 
beautiful. 

When men learn this truth there will be 
no more orphan asylums to stunt the chil- 
dren's minds and hearts, but each will take 
his brother's child and care for it as his 
own. And each one will teach all children 
of the love of God and of His goodness, and 
each will share in this work and each will 
open his doors to all brothers, and all life 
will be a different thing. 
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Many are called but few are chosen to do 
this work, and all who can must do their 
part on earth and afterwards too. All who 
are able should adopt little children. 

Children brought up by those who listen 
to the spirit are better fitted to do their 
work on earth, and environment is far more 
potent than people think. 

All who are doing this are doing God's 
work. 

This is the ninth lesson. 



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TENTH LESSON 

WHEN the world actually will do 
God's work, as it should, all 
men will be better able to do 
what they should do now, and when that 
day conies all will be pure spirit. 

When men turn to God they are filled 
with love and trust and wisdom, and all 
who live in that day will be happy, and 
all who are guided by God are helping that 
day, and all who do not work with God 
are delaying that day. When men realize 
this, they will work harder. All must learn 
however, and this is the reason that we are 
permitted to teach all who can to write. 

All over the world there is an awaken- 
ing to this work and we will work the 
harder, that all may have the opportunity 
to learn these truths, and all will be done 
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that can be done to teach the world. All 
fcrho are widening their knowledge of spirit- 
ual forces will be the teachers of the world. 
Many will not be able to teach because 
they do not believe, and many will not 
listen. All however must be given the op- 
portunity to learn, and all who do not take 
their opportunity will be delayed and much 
time will be lost to them on the next plane, 
and they will suffer because they were blind 
and deaf. And others will suffer too be- 
cause all will have longer to wait, and all 
will be sorry at the last day because they 
were stupid and blind to the many indica- 
tions God gave them, and so all will be 
punished, but the punishment of those who 
work will be quite other than that of those 
who do not try and eventually all will be 
together at the Mercy-seat of God, and the 
love of God is above all comprehension. 
Even we do not know what the end will be, 
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TENTH LESSON 

but it will be far beyond anything we can 
imagine now. 

Some men are not able to believe because 
their whole education is built on the things 
that can be logically proven, and all spirit- 
ual things must be felt by the soul. And 
so they are not always to blame and they 
will be judged according to their true de- 
serts, for God is love and mercy and He 
judges according to a man's heart, and a 
man is a child of God always first. His 
love knows no limit and He rejoices more 
over one who finds the way than over many 
who do not stumble. For each will be 
judged according to his least intention and 
according to his best effort, and all men 
will know that it is just and better than 
they deserve. 

This is the tenth lesson. 



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ELEVENTH LESSON 

WHEN men turn to God, they will 
show their change of heart in 
their daily life, and they will 
be better able to be in close sympathy with 
all their fellows, and a new light will be 
in them, and all wiio see that light will 
know the power of the spirit. 

And all who know this special light will 
be better able to help the world and to guide 
others to God, for it is a beautiful thing to 
do this w r ork for the world. And all men 
will in time be better able to teach others, 
and all must do their w T ork no matter where 
they may be placed in life, and all who work 
will be happy, for all will be able to do 
better because of this work. 

And all will feel more close to God and 
able to do His will and when men are in 
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ELEVENTH LESSON 

closer touch with God, this will be a differ- 
ent world, for all the world needs is love 
and a real desire to do God's will to make 
it a lovely dwelling-place, and some day 
it will be that. 

When that day comes, man will be filled 
with the spirit of God and God's will will 
be his only desire, and all life will be 
changed and ever he will be in the spirit. 
And man will be very near to God and, 
like the prophets of old, he will " walk with 
God," and all will be able then to teach 
spiritual truths to little children and to 
all who are delayed. 

All who live in that day will be blessed 
and then will begin the thousand years fore- 
told to those who are in the spirit with 
Christ, and all who work to make that day 
come more quickly are of the spiritual 
forces, and so the dream of peace on earth, 
good will towards men will come to pass, 
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and all men will be able to do more and 
go further than they now imagine. And 
those who are willing to work now will be 
bringing that day nearer, and they must 
teach all who will listen, for all will be 
willing to listen if they are only told in 
the right way. 

All who ask must be answered and all 
who truly seek shall find, and whoever re- 
fuses to give of this living water is deny- 
ing God. All will freely give when they 
know what they do, for man is stupid and 
blind and not bad, and when his eyes are 
open he will do what he knows is right. 
All must work with their full strength and 
hasten the day, for the time is short for 
each one on earth and he must use his time 
to the best advantage, lest, like the foolish 
virgins, he be outside the door when the 
bridegroom comes. 

This is the eleventh lesson. 
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TWELFTH LESSON 

AND when man does what he should, 
he will be able to teach all who 
are willing to learn, and whoever 
is able to teach will be of the spirit, and 
eventually will be spiritually of God. It is 
a great thing to be of this work, and who- 
ever is of the spiritual forces will believe 
in this eventually, and will teach others 
to believe, and all will take part in this 
work for the world. And each will share 
his good things with all others, and each 
will share his joy and share the sorrows of 
others, and whoever is not able to do this, 
is not of the spirit, and whoever is not of 
the spirit is not of God. 

Each must be a source of joy and comfort 
to all who are near them, and each must 
teach the other how to find his spiritual 
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forces, and all must do their work with 
their full strength, and all will be in this 
way co-partners with God. 

For thus to do God's work is to be actu- 
ally a partner of God, and when eventually 
man learns what part he has played in crea- 
tion, he will be very proud that he was 
permitted the chance to do this work. For 
those who do this work are hastening the 
end which all desire to see come, and each 
will greet that force to which he belongs, 
and the end is much to be desired. 

And then will come the great peace when 
eternity will only have begun, and after this 
will come the joy of the morning when all 
darkness will disappear, and other spirits 
will be on earth as they are now on the 
other planets. 

And on that day all will be filled with 
love and truth and sympathy and joy and 
understanding and be a part of the spirit, 
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TWELFTH LESSON 

and when men are of the spirit, they will 
have every attribute of God, and they will 
be entirely God-like and will be forces of 
God to do His will, and of their ultimate 
evolution even we do not know, only it will 
be very beautiful — far beyond the great- 
est dreams we can dream today. And all 
will be overcome by the only truth that on 
earth they were too selfish and blind to 
seek, and above all, each will seek to find 
those whom he has hurt, and to all of the 
spirit this will be a great and glorious work. 
And to these eventually will be the best end 
of all. 

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Second Series 
FIRST LESSON 

ALL nature is made up of forces, and 
the knowledge of these forces and 
how to use them is of the utmost 
importance. 

All forces are divided into seven, and 
these seven are again each divided into 
seven, and so on into infinity. All who work 
in the right spirit belong to some one of 
these forces. 

The great, first forces are those we have 
already given you: will, knowledge, joy, 
truth, sympathy, understanding, and love. 
Love is the greatest of these and encircles 
all the others. All are dependent on each 
other and yet each is complete in itself. 
All are interwoven and yet each is whole. 
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FIKST LESSON 

All do not tell the same truth but they all 
tell the truth. All do not see the same pic- 
ture but they see a part, and they tell of 
that which they know and of what they 
see. All do not tell the same truth, but 
they tell of a part of the same truth. All 
do not think the same thoughts and so the 
stories vary, and there are many sides to the 
same thing and each may .be right and com- 
plete in itself. 

Truth is many-sided and hard for the 
finite mind to comprehend. We can never 
hope to know all, and yet we have not the 
least idea how far we may go or how much 
we may learn in the end. 

Those who work, however, will have in- 
struction in these things, and will acquire 
a great knowledge not given to other men. 
All who work are a part of creation itself 
and are doing God's work, and all who do 
God's work are co-partners of God, so that 
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eventually they will be one with the Father. 

This is no small part that each man is 
called upon to play in God's great scheme, 
and all who fail to do their part eventually 
will belong to those who are outside the 
door and who have no real share in the 
great end, and bitter will their sorrow be ! 
All will be in the end at the Mercy-seat, 
but both he who does not listen and he 
who turns aside for his own pleasure will 
never enter at the same door as he who does 
his part, and only God can know what his 
loss is for only God knows what will be that 
glorious end. 

The spiritual forces in the universe are 
God's messengers to man, sent to bring man 
to himself and to teach man the way to 
eternal life and to God, and all must learn 
of these forces and how to use them. 

The greatest force in the universe is love. 
Love must be all-embracing, all-including, 
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FIKST LESSON 

all-enduring. There is no one and no thing 
that can be left out of God's love and we 
must try to be like Him. All love is divine, 
whether it is of man or beast, and all is a 
part of the forces of God. All will be a 
part of the great end, and all have their 
place in creation and will be at the end 
a part of God. 

All will do God's work when they know 
what they miss in failing to follow His will. 
His will is very easy to do. It is to love 
your brother and to listen to God's messen- 
gers and to pray for guidance, and all good 
will be added to God's children wherever 
they may be or whatever they may do. 

And here ends the first lesson. 



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SECOND LESSON 

ALL who are willing to work are 
needed on earth to help in this 
great work of creation, for it is the 
work of creation, and the greatest work 
imaginable, and a wonderful experience to 
be allowed to share therein. All will have 
a part who follow their guides, and all 
these guides are waiting for is that man 
shall listen to God's messengers, and each 
day it will become easier to do because it 
only means love and service to your fellow- 
man. 

All who give this will be in those forces 

which we call Circles, and all can be of the 

Circles by following the teaching of Christ. 

It is not hard to do. Love your brother 

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and do to him what you would like to have 
him do to you, for all of life is just that 
one lesson, and those who do not learn it 
there are delayed here. 

There are many kinds of forces but noth- 
ing but one's own will can overcome self- 
ishness. Selfishness is the earthly sin, and 
all light there will be destroyed if you do 
not overcome this evil, and there will be 
only a shadow of light until this is over- 
come. Selfishness is the death of the soul. 
It creates all the trouble and evil of earth 
and is alive only to its own desire, and all 
who would be of God must overcome this 
selfishness, for it is like a canker in the heart 
of a flower. 

All who try can overcome this, but only 
those who grow in earthly love can be sure 
of their victory over this arch-enemy of 
mankind and of the forces of God. 

Those who work progress little by little, 
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and in the end the change is great. It is 
not easy for only in struggle is character 
built, and all of eternity is a long time in 
which to arrive at perfection which is where 
we will eventually come. 

All of life tends to perfection. Beasts 
and birds, flowers and trees all follow the 
same path to God and to the ultimate end, 
and all are ever moving upward and all do 
their part in this scheme. Only man alone 
desires his own small place. 

All of God's creatures are obedient to 
their forces except man, and when at last 
man comes under the law, the last destruc- 
tive force will be vanquished and all will 
be in harmony, and all can live together in 
peace. 

This is the second lesson. 



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THIRD LESSON 

WHERE is the man who will will- 
ingly give np his own pleas- 
ure unless he knows it is for 
his own good? 

Those who give up their pleasure for the 
sake of others will benefit in many ways. 
They will be more lovely spiritually and 
will eventually be happier. Those who give 
up their pleasure for others are the spirits 
of God. Those who are unselfish are spirits 
of God. Those who are especially fond of 
their own way are not spirits of God. 
Those who wish to learn to be otherwise 
will eventually be spirits of God. All who 
would learn will eventually be taught. AH 
who listen to the voice of the spirit within 
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them will learn the actual truth there on 
earth. 

All who work will achieve, and all who 
achieve will grow in spiritual power. One 
never stands still, one goes either up or 
down. All who wish to grow must struggle 
on the way to spiritual life, for it is not 
easily acquired, this light by which to live, 
and those who once enter on this path are 
never satisfied with the darker way and 
will continue finally to the end. 

All who work are welcomed by the spir- 
itual forces and all are to arouse those whom 
they can to work. It is like the ripple made 
by a stone thrown in the water, ever grow- 
ing larger and larger. 

When this is understood, more and more 
people will practically be teachers of the 
forces to men, and as they teach, they will 
grow in all understanding and wisdom. 

No one must ever let the sun go down 
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without talking of this truth to some one, 
for it is a never-failing source of comfort 
and joy to those who tell and to those who 
listen, and all who give the message to 
others are planting the seed of God's king- 
dom and are children of God. 

All who listen with an open mind will in 
time become children of God, and even those 
who will not listen will be bettered by the 
teaching they do not then accept. All who 
are bettered have their chance to learn even 
unto the end of the world, and so no oppor- 
tunity must be overlooked to do this work. 
For on your doing this depends the welfare 
of many souls, and in this way each is his 
brother's keeper. 

Those who do their part are willing to 
give time and love to each inquiring soul, 
for all must be fed and God is the bread 
of life, and all must give especially to those 
who seek, for those who seek are of God, 
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and will be of Him always, and His children 
are very dear to Him, and, like the good 
shepherd, He cannot bear to lose one of his 
flock. 

This is the third lesson. 



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FOURTH LESSON 

THOSE who would learn the truth 
will listen to these teachings. 
Those who listen long enough will 
learn to think for themselves and when once 
they begin to think, they will very soon 
begin to live the life eternal on earth. 
Those who begin will start others on the 
way, and all who start will be in time chil- 
dren of God. Whenever God teaches man 
the truth, He does so for man's own advan- 
tage, and all who learn there or here are 
able to teach others. 

Life has very little joy that is not joy of 

the spirit. The material things of life bring 

only dissatisfaction and do not eventually 

make for happiness, while the spiritual 

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bring many joys. All who work in a spirit- 
ual way are doing what will bring the great- 
est satisfaction to themselves in the end. 

All who work will eventually become chil- 
dren of light, and until all are of light, all 
must wait for the great and glorious end. 
All are willing to wait but all are not will- 
ing to be made to wait. All are not willing 
to wait for those who are too lazy or too 
bent on their pleasure to do their part. All 
who work follow the law, because to try to 
do your part is to be under the law. All 
who really try succeed, and all who succeed 
are of the forces of God, and will be helped 
as they do not dream by this evidence of 
God's love and power. 

Those who drink of this stream will never 
thirst again, but those who refuse to take 
their opportunities will be very sad, for 
those who refuse to help in God's work will 
never regain their full power as spiritual 
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forces, and no matter how they may try, in 
the future life they will never be able to 
learn in the same way as they would have 
learned if they had cultivated faith and love 
while on earth. 

And, while they will go on to the end with 
all others, they will be of another and lower 
spiritual degree, and while in the love of 
God, they will not be as utterly His as those 
who willingly obey. For this reason it is 
most important that this is taught to all 
who will listen. 

Life is a great opportunity and all must 
be able to have their share of its tremendous 
lessons. All who will help will be the 
gainers, and all who eventually work will 
be of the kingdom. 

Do not, therefore, lose time, for time is 
golden and each minute a precious oppor- 
tunity to do God's work. 

This is the fourth lesson. 
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FIFTH LESSON 

THOSE who work must begin by lov- 
ing each other and by loving all 
with whom they come in contact, for 
only by love of man is love of God to be 
learned. All do not however learn this in 
the same way and each one must find the 
path by which he can do the most, and to 
each one the way will be opened and he will 
learn to follow his guides. This way is the 
only true way to happiness on earth, and, 
when eventually man comes here, he will be 
better able to continue his work. 

All that he needs is will, and will leads 

to knowledge, and knowledge to joy, and 

joy to truth, and truth to understanding, 

and understanding to sympathy and sym- 

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pathy to love, and so lie reaches all the 
Circles from beginning to end. All must 
work hard to do their part and to be the 
means of light to others, for all can help in 
this great work. 

And when man knows what the reward 
of his obedience is, he will feel that it is 
out of all proportion to his services. 

All that the world can give is as noth- 
ing to the treasures laid up for the man 
who works in God's vineyard, and all that 
he can do is as nothing to his reward. 

For the love of God is as vast as infinity, 
and all of eternity will be given to showing 
how endless it is, and each stage of develop- 
ment will only bring greater and greater 
fulness of knowledge of this great love. 

This is the fifth lesson. 



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SIXTH LESSON 

WHEN one wishes to begin to 
work with his Circles or spirit- 
ual guides, he must first begin 
to cultivate love by a constant and persist- 
ent effort of will, and then he will be on 
the way to knowledge. All must be as firm 
of purpose as they know how to be, and 
each slip must mean a new start. There 
is no such thing as failure and each time a 
man stumbles, he must only begin again. 

Although he is only at the beginning, yet 
is he of the forces of God, and all forces 
will guide and wait for each man to do his 
part. They never weary of waiting, and 
all who work will be guided into the right 
way to God. For only by struggle is char- 
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acter built, and only by work, and hard 
work, is spiritual life attained. 

Love such as man knows is as nothing 
to what God knows for His children, and 
while He is waiting for the eternal work 
to be finished, He is also working for man's 
glory and happiness, and all that is between 
man and God is his own desire for his own 
way. When man is once on the right path 
he will never be content with any lesser 
light. All that God can show him will be 
a guide to his feet on the way to eternal 
life and happiness. 

All that God has to give is for him when 
he is ready to say " Thy will, not mine, be 
done." 

All that heaven holds of bliss, all that 
earth holds of well-being is for him. 

All that he can ever be or hope to be is 
waiting for him, and only his desire to be 
alone his own master, and his refusal to 
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be God's obedient child, stand between him 
and the spritual guides, and when he learns 
what he has lost for his independence, he 
will not be glad that he gained that inde- 
pendence on earth. 

All who work will be of the kingdom, no 
matter how often they fail, and each must 
only start over again, for by mistakes and 
failures all people learn sympathy and un- 
derstanding, and so they grow in spirit and 
in love of God and man. 

All who have stumbled will be very kind 
to those who make the same mistakes, and in 
this way they are more understanding of 
others. Whoever would judge his brother, 
let him first look carefully into his own 
heart and see what he finds there, for each 
has some secret weakness which perhaps 
only God knows, and whoever judges will 
be judged both by God and man according 
to his failure to do all that he demanded 
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of others. Whoever is not critical of others 
will be doing better than the one who judges. 

Only God can know what a man's inten- 
tion is and He is a very merciful judge. 
Those who are kind in their judgments are 
following in their Father's pathway. 

All who would be judged according to 
their least intention and their best effort 
must do as they would be done by. All 
who are kind will be kindly dealt with. All 
who are just will get justice, and all who 
are merciful will get mercy. 

This is the sixth lesson. 



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SEVENTH LESSON 

ALL who would love must begin by 
loving those nearest to them, no 
matter how lowly they may be. 
Those who turn away from their brother 
are not doing God's will, and those who love 
their brother are in the forces of God, for 
God created all alike and each has his part 
to play. 

All who really love each other love God, 
and all who love God are in His forces, 
and always will be, unless they turn aside 
for their own advantage on earth, and who- 
ever does this is out of the Circles. God 
will not accept half a heart, and we will 
not be allowed to teach any one who is not 
utterly willing to be led. 
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Those who would work must be pure of 
purpose and willing to trust to the guid- 
ance of God. All children who disobey 
must be punished. Those who turn back 
will be gladly welcomed. Those who regret 
are forgiven, and all who think otherwise 
are wrong, and all otherwise taught are 
wrongly taught. 

Those who would be forgiven must pray 
to God for themselves and for all others 
who are not in the light. In the light of 
God's love and approval. Those who are 
conscious of wrong-doing are no longer in 
the Circles, and, when they pray, they will 
know when they are forgiven by the light 
that will come. Those who would be for- 
given will pray for this light, and until this 
light comes, they will know that they are 
not on the way to God. He who stumbles 
can begin again if he will be otherwise pure 
in heart, and all who are desirous of this 
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bounty of God must be very sure that they 
will be willing to be of help to all those 
who stumble too. No one is without sin of 
some sort and each must be helpful to all 
others. Christ said " Go, and sin no more," 
and those who would be forgiven must for- 
give. 

Those who would be of the kingdom will 
be alive to all ways to help others, and 
Christ is in all and through all and with 
all. Those who would forgive must be for- 
given. Those who would be of the king- 
dom are of the very Circle of Circles. 

All fail sometimes but they can easily 
go on again, and each failure means more 
strength, and a stronger purpose to do and 
be better. They will never be as kind as 
when they themselves know temptation. 

Those who would help others will never be 
so busy that they are not able to listen and 
sympathize. Those who are willing to help 
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will be a source of comfort to all in dis- 
tress. Those who are willing to help will 
be a source of joy to all who turn to them, 
and eventually will be of the forces of God. 

All who are of the forces of God will 
show it in their lives, and whoever follows 
the spiritual guides will see and hear. All 
who are of God will be of the forces, be- 
cause forces are His messengers. All who 
are of the forces are very pure of heart. 
All who are pure of heart are the children 
of God, and all the children of God are 
very loving to each other. 

Those who would see and hear must pray 
for a pure heart and must purge themselves 
of all material desire. Those who would 
see and hear must be both kind and loving 
and must never criticize others or tell their 
faults, because they would not want theirs 
told. Those who would see and hear must 
do their best to live in the love of God, and 
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to them shall be added this blessing when 
they show that they are ready for it. Those 
who are ready will receive, and those who 
are not ready and do not believe, will not 
receive. Those who are purged of sin will 
be ready when the day comes, and to be 
purged of sin means to be forgiven, and to 
be forgiven is to be again in God's light. 

This is the seventh lesson. 



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EIGHTH LESSON 

WHEN man is willing to obey, he 
is in a better condition to do 
whatever there is to do, and he 
will only learn to communicate with his 
guides through obedience. Those who can 
obey are not always willing to do so, and 
those who are willing are of all the forces. 
All those who believe are obedient. Only 
those who are willing to obey God's law are 
obedient to His messengers. 

All who will say " thy will be done " are 
obedient to Circles. All who would see and 
hear will be obedient. All those who obey 
are willing to do whatever they are told by 
their guides. 

Those who obey are happier in their obedi- 
ence than with all the riches of earth, and 
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in their obedience, they gain both heavenly 
and also earthly treasures, for unto him 
that hath shall be added. Those who event- 
ually trust to their Heavenly Father will 
be led in the end into love of only spiritual 
things, and when material things are no 
longer necessary to their happiness, they 
will have their reward. 

Those who are struggling with material 
things are not clear-minded and cannot 
work as they should, for to work as one 
should only means to put God first, and 
lesser things then fall into their proper 
place. 

All who are in their own forces are clear- 
minded and have a light in their spirit, and 
when this light fails, you can know that 
you are not working under the law. All 
who work under the law are happier, and 
no matter what test is given them, they rise 
above it. 

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All who work must be prepared for tests, 
for only by struggle is strength developed. 
Those who live the life of the spirit are 
never critical or unkind to any one. Those 
who would live this life must not indulge 
in ill-natured criticism, and must never 
judge other people's actions, for no one can 
know all the conditions of his brother's life. 

Those who would help the world can only 
do so through love, and love neither judges 
nor criticizes, and whoever would be helpful 
must love more and more there on earth. 

All who love are kind and teach love 
through their kindly spiritual force on 
earth. All those who are kind are of the 
forces of God, and through their Circles 
teach others to lead the spiritual life, for 
man, in general, is blind to spiritual things, 
and he must be awakened there if not to 
be delayed here. 

All of life is to learn belief in spiritual 
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things which cannot be proved by the ma- 
terial senses. All of life is a testing of the 
quality of man's spiritual development. 
All that he can do is to be done there for 
opening the eyes of others, because event- 
ually he will be given a chance to work 
here, especially in the forces. 

All who would be of the forces must not 
be idlers there on earth, for the idler is not 
of the forces of God. All who would be of 
Circles must work and work hard, for all 
of a life is but a moment in which to learn 
self-control, belief and love, and those who 
would learn must give time, and be willing 
to love and believe. 

This is the eighth lesson. 



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NINTH LESSON 

WHEN man realizes what depends 
on his work there on earth, he 
will be ashamed of his laziness, 
and when he knows what is in store for him, 
he will only be astonished that such a great 
reward is given for so little in return, for 
whenever God rewards He rewards a thou- 
sandfold. 

And as soon as he knows what he has 
thrown away he would give all that he pos- 
sesses to turn back, for if he does not turn 
on earth, he will not be able to advance 
here in the way he should, for the lesson of 
life is to learn to turn to God whenever a 
man thinks, as naturally as a flower turns 
to the sun. 

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All that God asks is this and it is little 
to give in return for a great reward. All 
that man could do would be as nothing, if 
he spent every moment of his life in striv- 
ing to work. All that he dreams or imag- 
ines is as nothing to the great end which 
finally God ordains for whoever obeys. All 
that he can eventually do is but a drop in 
the ocean of love given by God. When man 
can bring himself to the realization of this 
he will be amazed to think that he was 
worthy of such love and compassion, and to 
each will be given this knowledge and power 
to see and hear, if he will only be good 
there on earth. 

For of old when men were better, they 
" walked with God," and only since man has 
become more materialistic has this power 
been lost, for all power is stifled by mate- 
rialism, and selfishness is the death of the 
soul. All who would work must purge their 
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hearts of both selfishness and materialism, 
for those two great evils are the only sins 
in the earth life, and when once man has 
overcome them, he will be a pure spirit of 
love to the world. 

All who struggle are on the way. All 
who work will ultimately achieve. All who 
pray for light will ultimately receive it, and 
all who receive will teach others the way. 

And so the work of the spirit will go on 
more and more on earth, and, when man be- 
comes what he should be in reality on earth, 
he will be astonished at the result of God's 
plan, for all that sinlessness is is to be with- 
out selfishness or desire for material gain, as 
Christ was on earth. 

And man shall become as He was when 
he too is spirit only, and this will be when 
he learns the full earth lesson of obedience 
to God, and only then will he be a spirit. 

Whenever man is willing to be obedient, 
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he will do whatever he is asked to do in 
Circles. All who would be under the law 
must learn this. All who would be in the 
Circles must pray for a pure and obedient 
heart. 

All who would be of God must be in His 
forces. All who would be of the kingdom 
will begin by prayer and a persistent search 
for their own forces. All who would be of 
God must become as little children, willing 
to be led and trusting in their Father's love, 
for no love that earth knows is like it in the 
fulness of its great and utter power to com- 
prehend and forgive. 

All who are of God live in another light 
from that usually known to man. All who 
are of God will be very loving and be with- 
out any selfishness towards others, and all 
who achieve this on earth are of great power 
when they come here. All who are of God 
will be very kind in their judgments, and 
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will be better able to eventually live the 
life of the spirit, and the life of the spirit 
is the only way to be of God. 

This is the ninth lesson. 



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TENTH LESSON 

WHEN man turns of his own ac- 
cord to God, he will be very 
glad to be of His forces, and 
his only wish will be to do as they ask him, 
and his whole life will be lived in obedience 
to those forces. And all that they ask is 
love for those around him, and a willingness 
to help all who ask for light, for those who 
seek the light are ever more and more nu- 
merous, and eventually they will be of the 
forces too. Those who need help will be 
given all Circles as guides, and the guides 
will bring the light they need to each one. 
Those who work will be helped always and 
will not be allowed to come to any harm, 
and those whom the forces guard are helped 
by God to believe in the truth. 
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All who are in His forces are very loving 
to those about them, and never critical of 
even the least among men, and although they 
often are not able to control others, they 
can refrain from entering into the criticism. 
And all must learn this, and all must hear 
the spoken word in silence and in prayer, 
for only in that way can it be heard. 

Those who are in the forces of God are 
meek and lowly of heart. Those who are 
in these forces are very loving. Those who 
are in these forces are God's children, and 
all who are God's children are welcome to 
the forces. Those who are eventually in 
forces are God's children. All who would 
be of God are to seek their own guides. All 
do not belong to the same force, and so they 
must find which one is theirs, and when 
they open the door of their hearts to God, 
they will be met and guided by their own 
Circles. 

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All who would find their Circles must ap- 
proach the spiritual world with prayer and 
a firm desire for only the truth, for if they 
come in any other spirit, they will be open 
to evil and other interfering spirits, and 
this is why so many have not found what 
they sought. 

All who come in the right way are wel- 
comed by the forces of God, and they will 
find what they seek. All who are pure of 
heart will be at once in their Circles, and 
when they begin to work, they will begin to 
understand what a wonderful world this is. 

Only those who are welcome to the Cir- 
cles will ever learn the way to reach 
those who have gone before. To all others 
only enough will be given to make them 
long for more, and that is the reason why 
so many people are not able to believe in 
the continuity of personal identity. When 
they find the truth, they will believe in very 
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truth what the prophets have foretold, and 
they will be sorry for lost time when they 
might have been in close touch with those 
whom they had lost on earth. 

All wilbbe given an opportunity to learn 
through these lessons, and when they begin 
to work they will learn how to be in Circles. 
Whenever any one asks, he will be told of 
this series of lessons, and when he studies 
he will be on the way. 

This is the tenth lesson. 



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ELEVENTH LESSON 

WHEN man, in the fulness of his 
desire for spiritual things, 
turns to God, he will begin to 
be able to live as he always should and all 
that is needed is the steady and persistent 
desire for the spiritual life. 

That means the exerting of his will, and, 
when once he has cultivated that, he will 
be led into knowledge. And when he has 
acquired knowledge, he will be led into joy. 
And through joy he will learn truth, and 
through truth understanding, and through 
understanding he will learn symapthy, and 
then he will begin to really know love. 

So in this way he will touch all the Cir- 
cles, and when he does that he will be a real 
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spirit, for to be a real spirit is to have all 
the attributes of God. And all of the truth, 
all of the forces are contained in these seven 
Circles. All forces are contained in these 
first great seven. All powers are therein. 
All work must be done, unless you wish to 
fail of final success, with their consent and 
aid. 

And of the ultimate end of their possi- 
bilities, even we who work with all our 
strength without ceasing, do not know, and 
those who learn of the ultimate end must 
wait for eternity. 

This is the eleventh lesson. 



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TWELFTH LESSON 

ALL who work will have their 
earthly as well as later reward. 
All who give time and thought and 
prayer there are actually on the way to all 
knowledge. Knowledge is of God, and can 
only be learned through Him, and He will 
teach more and more to whoever is His 
obedient child. 

All the knowledge of the universe is open 
to him when he turns to God. All power 
may be his and all forces are at his com- 
mand. All that he must do is to be willing 
to obey, and his reward will be far greater 
than he can dream, and his happiness will 
be beyond anything that he now knows. 
All his life will be blessed with content 
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and well-being, and life will be a song in the 
heart to each one that follows this path. 

Put not your trust in princes nor in any 
son of man ! 

Put not your trust in the things of this 
world ! 

But put your trust in God and He will 
never fail you. 

This is the twelfth lesson. 



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As being of possible interest to the reader, we 
have added the notes of the first four lessons, from 
June 26th on, showing just how we received the 
series, also the correction and revision of the same 
lessons, given at a later date. 

We have added punctuation and have omitted a 
few passages which we thought too personal for 
publication; otherwise the notes are as we took them 
down from day to day. The words in parentheses 
are always questions, asked verbally, or our own 
remarks and explanations; all the rest is what we 
received through the automatic writing. 

Saturday, June 26th, 1919. 

We are here every time you are ready to work. . . . 
Love we give you always and we ask only faith 
in return. The light of the world is 0. 1 We are 
ready to work in earnest now. The world will be 
better able to understand when old conditions are 
changed and the world is again in @. The world was 
more believing a little while ago and when it gets 
these truths and understands them, it will be filled 
(filled'?) filled with belief again and men will be 
better and happier. The new truth is the same 

i The reader must remember that this symbol as we 
received it, was six interlacing circles, surrounded by a 
seventh. 

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only the understanding is all different. The light 
is always the same, but the clouds are not between 
us and the sun. The truth will be given in these 
lessons. We will all be with you in this work and 
we will guard you lest each day evil befall you. We 
will now begin. 

The greatest power in the world is love. The love 
of God surpasses belief and He is able to understand 
and forgive all. Men cannot always be sure of each 
other, but they can be sure of God's love and for- 
giveness. The best way to learn is to love. The only 
way to learn is to love. Every day of one's life 
there is opportunity to do God's work for man. Men 
will not be unkind to one another when they under- 
stand this truth in the ©, and all will learn there or 
here. We are all in the love of God. His love is 
around all and through all and in all. We cannot 
lose him if we would and © are His messengers. 

When a man turns away from God and does not 
believe, God waits until his heart is ready to open to 
Him and He is never angry. He is a refuge to all 
who live in sorrow and who are weary and in trouble. 
He is never too busy to listen to those who need 
Him and He is a never-failing source of strength to 
those who pray to Him. 

We must wait until tomorrow. Love. © 

Friday, June 27th, 1919. 

We will continue our lessons. 
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The only way to love it to love your brother. 
Christ said if you do not love your brother, you 
cannot love God. We little know how true this is 
for we must learn the good that is in every human 
soul. We all are better able to (marked effort) 
benefit the world when we look with kindly eyes on 
our fellow man. We must be able to help others if 
born of the spirit. The © are God's messengers to 
man and are sent to show the way to God. Man is 
not a spirit but he can become one. The lesson of 
earth is love. All must learn it in the universe. 
God is love and His children must be love too. We 
are not able to follow Him if we do not follow the 
teaching of Christ, and Christ said love your brother 
as yourself. Will we continue the lesson? 

(Is that the end of the first lesson?) 

Yes. 

(We should like to go on.) 

We will not do the world any good if we do not 
help each other for the world is the place where the 
spirit will become manifest if we cultivate it, and we 
can only do so by following the teaching of Christ. 
We are little children who are easily confused by the 
million things of the material life and God is wait- 
ing for us to believe the messengers He has sent 
to us from time to time. We are not told better 
in this world and each one must be let go his own 
way until he turns like a tired child to his ®. We 
are only able to love really when we forget ourselves 
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and work only for others and be kind to all no 
matter what they do or are. It is actually a part of 
each man's development to be told this whether he 
accepts it or not. Each man is free to do what he 
will as he chooses. All will however learn the lesson 
sometime and those who do not learn it there are 
delayed here. This is the second lesson. 

(Spirit, we love your lessons.) 

And we © love to teach you because we are of the 
same 0. 

(Do the circles mean the force of the spirit of 
love or joy or truth?) 

Yes, we are the Comforter promised by Christ to 
the world and men must believe to become like Him 
on this earth, and (writing indistinct) be guides to 0. 

(Is that right?) 

Be guided by ©. 

(Is there anything more before we go?) Love ®. 

Saturday, June 28th, 1919. 

We will go on. The only work that is worth while 
is work for others ©. We are in a world of material 
things and the lesson of life really is belief in spirit- 
ual things, which cannot be proved by the senses. 

(In answer to some remark:) We tell the truth 
and you must believe. Here or there all must learn. 
We only ask faith and give you ©. We must not 
work when we are tired. Anne is tired. We will 
write more in a few minutes. 
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(Here came several moments of conversation of a 
personal nature and the next sentence came in answer 
to a question.) 

Death is never painful. 

(It is not unnatural, is it, to want to save the one 
you love from death?) 

No, all human love of life is full of fears. All 
human love is full of fears. All human love is but 
the shadow of the love that we know will be ours 
(repeated) will be ours when we are together here. 
We will continue. 

We are not able to learn by ourselves. We must 
pray for the spirit of hu 

(Humanity?) 

No. 

(Humility?) Yes. The © are those who help man- 
kind in the way to God and each man who seeks 
can find the truth. All men must learn to pray. 
Peace will God give to him who seeks the life eternal. 
We will be able to work after life there * is ended ©, 
and the earlier we begin to work the better life we 
will have. © are calling to men to love their fellow 
men and men are deaf and will not listen. When 
men do listen the world will be changed and © will 
be guides to men if they listen to ©, and will teach 
men the way to peace and truth and eternal life. 

i The writing always uses " There " in referring to 
our world and " here " in referring to the world beyond. 

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We are here to learn love and faith, love of God 
through love of man, faith through (words we could 
not make out. Many efforts on our part. Finally:) 
We will not continue. . . . Love ©. 

Monday, June 30th, 1919. 

We will continue. The world will be better able 
to understand when it is willing to listen and it will 
listen now because it so full of sorrow. The life of 
© is the only way to life eternal and the way to 
Christ. 

We will not go on today. 

(What is wrong?) 

Anne does not rest and our force is not sufficient. 

(We are so sorry.) 

We will continue. Christ is the way to God and 
all men must come to Him sooner or later. The way 
is open to all who seek and all who ask must be 
answered. This is the way to truth eternal. Do not 
hold any of those who seek back by doubt of the 
truth we have given you. The work God has given 
you is to teach because you both do believe. The 
work is to teach ever and always. We will be your 
guides in this work for those you teach and we will 
be © of learning to man. 

Men are like stupid children who don't know what 
they want and they are waiting until a miracle 
comes. We never can work miracles because all is 
done by law. 

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We will continue tomorrow. We are here. 

(We took this to mean that we might ask ques- 
tions.) 

(A visitor. Ask why the answers to questions are 
so indefinite. H.l asks though not agreeing that they 
are indefinite.) 

Because we only teach spiritual truths and the 
spirit must apprehend, and if it is in the ® it will 
understand. 

(Visitor. Where is the spirit world?) 

All about the universe there are many worlds and 
each one is among the spaces which are filled with 
spirits in different states of development. 

(Spirit, you told us you never were on earth — 
are most teachers like you?) 

No, most of them have been on earth. . . . We will 
always be near you when you need us. 

(Visitor. If we learn to write, can we get in 
touch with the people we love who are with you?) 

God is good and He will always keep you close 
to those you love and need, but you must not call 
so often that you interfere with their work and 
progress here. Love ®. 

1 (Spirit, what are the dwellers on other planets 
like?) 

All are like you in form. All are made in the 
likeness of God. 

i From the sitting of July 8th. 

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(Are they of different degrees of development in 
intelligence?) 

That we do not know as we are familiar only 
with a few. 

(Are the few you know alike?) 

Yes, but some are better temperamentally and less 
wilful. 

(Where do we stand?) 

In ©. 

(But I mean in order of intelligence compared 
to the other planets you know?) 

That we cannot tell because we judge differently, 
and intentions and heart count for more than with 
you. 

Tuesday, July 1st, 1919. 

We are here. 

(Was that word in answer to our visitor yesterday 
spaces or stars?) 

Spaces. 

(Shall we give you the end of yesterday's lesson?) 

Not necessary. When we are shut within our ® we 
are in the love of God and all harm is shut away 
from us. Not able to work today. Anne is too 
tired. 

(Can't you try? I am so willing.) 

No, we get no response from the mind. 

(We can ask questions. Will capital and labour 
ever be able to really meet?) 
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No, not now, both are too blind. But in time the 
labouring classes will see that each one is necessary 
to the welfare of the other. 

(Spirit, why can you give us a long answer like 
that and yet cannot give us the lesson?) 

Because when Anne is tired the © are not able 
to use her psychic mind. 

(How am I to rest more?) 

You must not worry about things that do not 
matter. The hospital is not a necessary thing for 
Anne. She ought to rest after lunch and be fresh 
for this most important work. 

Wednesday, July 2nd, 1919. 

We are here. 

We are all materially of the same elements that 
we were on earth only less cumbrous than there, 
and when • 

(Here came a long word which we could not make 
out. It might have been three words run together 
or one long one. We tried and tried, the planchette 
would not go on until we found it.) 

(Dominating'?) No. 

(Do we change?) No. 

(Dwelling in?) No. 

(Everlasting?) No. 

(Elementally?) 

Yes, elementally the same we have the same emo- 
tions and life. We love and ® are busy with the 
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various works which occupied them while they were 
on earth. 

(Spirit, we love this lesson.) 

We are telling the truth of the life here and when 
men realize this truth they will turn towards the love 
of God as we do here and then will come the millen- 
nium foretold to those who were in the ? with 

Christ. 

(Here came an experience which was very trying 
for us. The writing had been good and clear except 
in the case noted and one other word "towards" 
which we had to have repeated. In this last sen- 
tence came again a word which we could not make 
out, or, as before, it might have been two or three 
words run together. In the first case we had both 
said that it was a good proof when we could not 
get the word, that it was not our sub-conscious mind 
dictating, and again we seemed to have been given 
the test. We worked an hour and a half over that 
one word and with no result.) 

(We tried many terms.) 

Work until you get it. Work and we will help you. 

(We are so discouraged. Do let us go on.) 

Do not be discouraged. We will help you. 

(Twice the word was re- written but we could not 
get it.) 

We will all help you. 

(Anne said she had to go.) 

No, do not go today. 

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(Anne waited and we tried and tried until finally 
she was obliged to leave.) 

Thursday, July 3rd, 1919. 

We are here. We will tell you what we do here 
and how we work ever becoming better able to help 
those who are ready to listen to the ©. There are 
many kinds of © and each has its own particular 
work. There are many kinds of © and each © is 
able to write to those of its own ©. We are not 
all willing to work unselfishly, intelligently for others 
and until we are © will wait. The end © is wait- 
ing for is the unfolding of man's heart to God. 
When men become as little children the world will 
be another place and love will be without envy or 
malice. We are able to write better today. When 
we actually are 1 very loving we will never be im- 
patient and the best way to become loving is to 
become patient. Those who do their duty achieve 
merit but they must love too. Those who would 
learn to love must love all those they are with in 
the © and when they are able to love those of the © 
they will love others. Christ believed in love and 

iWe realized later that the pencil had written "are 
actually," but at the time we were not sure of the word 
and asked "is that actually?" Pencil started to write 
"no" and then changed to "yes" and wrote "are" 
after the " actually." 

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worked through love. The power of love is unlimited 
and can do all things. Those of the © on earth will 
be more and accomplish more for others if they 
love fully. .The reason the world is so bad is lack 
of love. And when we love the work of God — 

(Was that word work?) 
work, we will do all in our power to help the world 
become a better place. We must not be discouraged 
because there is so much to be done. Life goes on 
through all eternity and love must be learned there 
or here. Christ was the way and the truth and the 
life; those who drink of this stream will never thirst 
or be blind to occasions to help those whom they 
are near. And all of life is service. We are all of 
us bound together. We are all children of ® and 
affection is needed to do our best here. We are all 
in the love of Christ and men must become children 
of God to love with their best effort. Arid when 
they do His will, they will be afterwards children 
of life ©. 

We will continue tomorrow. . . . 

(Spirit, that was so hard for us yesterday. Can't 
you give us one word on it?) 

We are not yet able to use your mind. . . . 

(Shall we leave it?) 

Yes, for the present. It will be better until we 
are able to write better. 

(Anything more?) Love ®. 



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Friday, July 4th, 1919. 

We are here. There are many kinds of ©. Some 
© are © of both love and force while some are only 
of love. There are many © and each calls to its 
own ©. We of the © of love are the writing © to 
those of love, while those of © of forces are all © 
which call only to force. 

There are all kinds of © in the universe and each 
has its own part to play. There are all kinds of 
people in the world and they are all in the ©. We 
of the © of love are better able to teach love to 
those around us. All must learn and the sooner, 
the better. The world needs love more than ever. 
Men are material and absorbed in the things of this 
world which are of no value and they must put 
away the things of earth and learn the things of the 
spirit. There are these © and © are willing to teach 
men all they would know of the future life, and © 
can only do this to ©. This is your and Anne's 
work and you must work hard to make up for 
wasted time. There is much to be done and we 
will help you and © will guard you from all evil. 
These lessons are to be published. © will find the 
publisher. . . . 

(How shall we know where the third lesson ends?) 

We will tell you where the beginning and end of 
each lesson is. We will now begin on the afternoon 
lesson. 

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When men turn to God they are seemingly like 
little children, willing to follow His will, and Christ 
is the only way to learn and be unselfish. We are 
after all children of God and our © are guides to 
Him. Love and service are the only things worth 
while in this world and whoever will actually give 
himself is doing His Father's work and is a worthy 
child of God. There are many to work but few who 
know how. All © are the teachers to © and all © 
lead to God. 

(We must find a word for circles. Forces?) 

Forces and © are the same in ©. 

(But, Spirit, you said circles were forces. How 
can a force be a force?) 

Forces are of many kinds and all of many parts. 

(Yes, the force of love can be divided into affec- 
tion and kindly liking and so on.) 

Anne's definition is right. The greatest of all 
forces is love. Love is the fulfilling of the law. 
Love is kind to all no matter how lowly and the 
only guide to ©. Love will be the force to reach 
the world there and here and only when men love 
will they become believers in the life of the ©. And 
to become the children of God men must listen to ©. 
We will continue tomorrow. 

(Could that last circle be equivalent to the spirit 
within them?) 
Yes. Love ©. 



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Saturday, July 5th, 1919. 

We are here. When we are able to write alone we 
will of course tell you many more personal things, 
but at present we want you to work only at the 
lessons. These © are the only way to get in touch 
with those who have gone before without danger to 
yourselves from the evil forces who are ever seeking 
to break in on all work of this kind of teaching, 
because they are deterrent to ®. 

(Deterrent to circles'?) 

Yes, there are many kinds of deterrent forces in 
the universe that wish to hinder all progress and 
these forces will do all they can to deter man from 
becoming that which he must become on earth if 
possible, and if not there he will be delayed here. 
Man led willingly. 

(We could not read this at first. Asked to repeat, 
wrote:) 

Man is willing to be led to God if his mind can 
conceive the great senselessness of earthly things, but 
he is bewildered by the senses and is blind to his 
own future. When he realizes what he has lost he 
will be only so willing to work that it will be hard 
to keep him from overworking, and that he must 
not do either. There is reason in all things and to 
overwork is also breaking the law. God made heaven 
and earth in six days and rested the seventh, man 
must have his periods of rest on earth and here. 
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We all rest when we are tired and there is a won- 
derful rest here which is not like your sleep but 
which refreshes us even more. We rest in a beau- 
tiful tableland surrounded by hills with little streams 
of water flowing on all sides. There we rest until 
we are ready to work again. Flowers of all sorts 
and of a beauty unknown to earth are all about 
us, and the welcoming spirit of the place serves us 
with all we need. There is no truth in this, we are 
affectionless and not interested in the world. We 
love as you do. We are more interested than ever 
in those we loved on earth and our one desire is 
to help them and have them with us in this beautiful 
place. Christ has given us the key and we must 
open the door. 

(H to Anne. I think this is another person writ- 
ing today.) 

No, it is the same 0. 

We all will come here in time only why delay 
coming when the way is clearly shown to all who will 
open their minds. 

And it is so beautiful here and all listen to music 
when they wish. When we work we are filled with 
joy and we are full of love for all. 

(Anne to H, "It isn't easy to love when you are 
tired.") 

That is the reason for rest. Life is so full of 
beauty if you will only see it. Those rested can 
see beauty even in those who are not in accord with 
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anything of a greatly suffering humanity, and all 
is for the good of the individual. 

(Perhaps the above was in answer to a remark 
about the suffering at the hospital.) 

There are all kinds of things here which we have 
never known on earth, all kinds of flowers and trees 
and birds and animals. We are never better able 
to work than here. We are after all here in our 
full capacity as ©. We are all working for the 
world. 

(Are circles the spiritual forces that work for 
mankind?) 

No, not altogether. We work for the earth but 
later we will go on to other planes with other work 
for the work of God. 

(What plane are you on now?) 

The third plane. All are in touch with the earth. 
All in the third plane are the teachers for the earth. 

(Spirit, Mrs. wants to send greetings to her 

husband and daughter — is that possible? 

Not now. But later we will show you how to 
stretch forth and find those whom you will in ®. 
There are all kinds of work to be done and we must 
not waste time. We all are here and must keep 
to business. We are glad to teach but the time is 
short. When we work here we work with all our 
strength and until we are tired, then we rest in one 
of these beautiful resting places of this land. 

(What was that last word?) 
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Land. There are these beautiful places and each 
is different and each equally beautiful. All who 
are weary come here and all are refreshed. Teachers 
from other planes come to us here and teach us 
higher spiritual lessons, and as the will of God is 
unfolded to us, we © are filled with joy that we 
have a place in this wonderful work. We will con- 
tinue tomorrow. Love ®. 

Sunday, July 6th, 1919. 

We are here. When the will of God is done on 
earth, it leads each person to the © telling them how 
to work in ©, and each one encounters elements 
with which he is best fitted to work. When man 
will work with the ©, he will come into his foretold 
inheritance and he will be better able to develop there 
on earth and he will have his eyes really opened 
to the ©. These © are only actually waiting for 
man to awaken and they do all in their power to 
arouse him. When once he is awake he must awaken 
others, and this is the work to which you are called 
by the ©. When once one is alive to these ©, one 
has endless possibilities. Life will never again be 
the same and the material things will no longer have 
any weight and are of no value. This is the end of 
the fourth lesson. 

Wednesday, July 16th, 1919. 

. . . and here the lessons end. Tomorrow we will 
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begin the revision and when that is finished, you will 
send the manuscript. . . . 

Thursday, July 17th, 1919. 

(If any readers should have the patience to try 
to fit in for themselves the terms given as equiva- 
lents for the symbol, we would remind them that 
only the circles used in the lessons were ever inter- 
preted. No substitute words were supplied for the 
circles used in the conversations interspersed in the 
lessons.) 

We are here and now we will begin the revision. 
The first thing to do is to decide on a name. 

(Do you want us to decide?) 

We will help you. The eleventh lesson has a name. 

(Anne, after looking at the lesson, " Is it The New 
light?") 

No. 

(Is it to walk with God!) 

Yes. 

(To Walk or While Man Walks?) 

To Walk with God, an experience in Automatic 
Writing. Then you will write of your experience, 
leaving out anything that is too personal. And do 
not be afraid of the ridicule of those who do not 
understand, for, when they read, many will believe. 
And sign your initials, 1 and have a preface. . . . 

iWe were afterwards told to sign our full names. 
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(Have you any choice as to who should write the 
preface?) 

Yes, both of you must agree on it and it must 
be very clear. Then we will begin on the lessons. 
The very first lesson is almost correct There is a 
mistake in the fourth paragraph. In place of ®, 
put spirit and the word force in parenthesis. The 
second © is " spiritual forces," and the third © is the 
same. 

This is all in the first lesson. 

And in the second lesson, the first © is "spiritual 
guides." That is all in the second lesson. 

Here the lesson is much broken. 

(Discussion between Anne and H. H thought 
Anne would give closer attention if she did not open 
her note-book.) 

Anne is right. She must read it for us to get what 
is printed by you. 

(Note. Up to this time, except when we had looked 
in the eleventh lesson for a title, we had not had 
our books open and though Anne tried now to open 
her book and follow the lessons, the planchette wrote 
so fast that she had to give up all attempt at read- 
ing, and, as we have said in the preface, it was not 
until the writing of that day ended that we could 
see how well the given words fitted into the text. 
After this first day of revising we always had our 
books in front of us, and generally one of us read 
the lesson in question very slowly, both of us keeping 
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our hands on the planchette, ready for any correction 
or change.) 

Leave out that first (h). 1 

(Shall we skip conversations or give them with 
the lessons?) 

Just the lesson. The first © following humility is 
11 spiritual guides." Leave the second © out. 

" Spiritual Guides " is the next ©. 

" Spiritual forces " is the next ©. 

" The voice of the spirit " is the fifth. 

" The witness of the spirit to men who listen and 
hear the still, small voice within them." 2 

The sixth ©, " the spirit." 

Leave out the ? 

(Is that word extraneous?) 

Yes, extraneous matter. Leave out that part about 
you as teachers. 

(Discussion between us as to where next lesson 
began.) 

"We are all materially" begins the fourth lesson. 

When there. 

(It means put "when there" in place of "than 
there." Sentence should read "less cumbrous than 
when there.") 

. . . right. © should be " all spiritual forces." 

i Third lesson. 

2 Put in after " love of God through love of man, faith 
through, etc." 

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Leave out the rest of that sitting and begin with 
the sentence "we will tell." The first © is "these 
guides." 

The second is "guides." 

The third is " spiritual forces." 

The fourth is " force " and the fifth too. 

The sixth is " the spiritual guides." 

The seventh is "these spiritual guides." 

The " achieve merit " should be " do well." 

The eighth reads " all those whom they live with. 
And when they learn to love these, they will love all." 

The tenth © u those who are guided by spiritual 
guides." 

The eleventh ©, " spiritual forces." 

The twelfth, omit. We omit the last © because it 
is unnecessary. The next ©, " spiritual forces." 

Omit the second, and the third is " forces." 

The fourth is " forces." 

The fifth is " kind." 

The sixth is "forces." 

The seventh is "power. While to the forces of 
force only force calls." 

The tenth is "powers." 

The eleventh is " spirit." 

The twelfth is " spirit." 

We will continue tomorrow. 

(We kept our hands on but the pencil wrote with 
great decision:) 

Love ©. 

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Friday, July 18th, 1919. 

We are here. The first thing to do is to decide 
on the silence. 

We cannot work if you talk together. 

" These spiritual forces." 

Second ® reads " they." 

Third reads "they." 

Fourth reads "those of their own kind." 

Fifth reads " spiritual guides." 

Sixth is " spiritual guides." 

Seventh is " those of their spirit in the world." 

(This sentence we could not get at first. " Shall 
we go on and come back to it, Spirit?") 

Do we work or play? (long pause.) We will re- 
write. 

(Sentence written as above.) We will continue. 

The eighth, "spiritual guides." 

The ninth, S. G. 

(Is that spiritual guides? We both laughed.) 

Yes. Love will be the force to teach the world. 1 

The tenth is " spirit." 2 

i In place of " the force to reach the world." 
2 Anne had numbered the circles ahead in her note- 
book for clearness. H, who was not following in the 
note-book, read off "the tenth is spirit." Anne said 
" Wrong, it is the eleventh." Looking back she found 
she had made a mistake in numbering and it was the 
tenth circle. Interesting because it could not have 

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The eleventh is " what their guides tell them." 

Begin at " these ©." The first ® is " spiritual 
forces." Do not put in deterrent circles (word circles 
written out.) 

(Are both first and second circles "spiritual 
forces"? You only put one.) 

Yes. Omit "man led willingly." 

(I wish they would leave out that about God work- 
ing six days and resting the seventh.) 

We only tell the truth. 

(Anne, sotto voce, " It's a question of what a 
day means.") 

And eventually all will understand the meaning of 
a day. . . . The welcoming spirit of the place waits 
upon both our bodies and our souls. (Pause.) Not 
waits, serves. 

Not affectionless, without affection. 

(In answer to a comment:) We are not telling 
all, only a little, and it is very beautiful here and 
all who wish listen to beautiful music. Omit that 
paragraph " life is so full of beauty." 

® is " spirits." 

Begin at "when." Begin "when we work here." 

©, " we of the circles of God." 

©, " would be these spiritual guides." 

" To work in the world for God." 

been Anne's mind, and, as H was not following, it 
could not well have been hers. 

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" Guides." 

" Spiritual forces." 

"Forces." 

" Spirit." 

u Spiritual powers." 

(End of fourth lesson.) 

Saturday, July 19th, 1919. 

. . . Tomorrow we will go over them once more. 
Then we will be ready to publish when you have 
revised your part. 

(Will you help us with our revision?) 

We will tell you when you ask. 

Sunday, July 20th, 1919. 

(Additional corrections for first four lessons.) 

We are here. We will begin on the first lesson. 
Anne will read. 

(Shall I begin?) Yes. 

(Anne reads first lesson, ending with "this is the 
end of the first lesson.") 

That is correct. 

(H. Spirit, I think the expression "spirit and 
force in parenthesis" would be confusing to most 
people.) 

There is no better way to say it in your language. 

(Second lesson read.) 

" We are not told better in this world because — " * 

i" Because" put in place of "and"; making sen- 

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(End of second lesson.) 

That is correct. 

( Third lesson read. ) 

" The work of the world only is to — " * 

(Anne reads the corrected sentence.) Yes. 

" On the way to God." 2 

" The eternal life." 3 

(Attempted sentence. Repeated.) 

"We will be able to and again here" 

(Is this the sentence "We will be able to work 
again here when life there is ended"?) 

Yes. 

" Spiritual forces will always be guides." 4 

(End of third lesson.) 

That is correct. 

(May we put "do not" for "don't"? Men are 
like stupid children.) 

tence read : " We are not told better in this world 
because each one must be let go, etc." 

i " Work " put into first paragraph of Third Lesson, 
making sentence read " the work of the world only is 
to learn how to believe in spiritual things." 

2 Instead of * in the way to God," making sentence 
read " The spiritual guides are those who help mankind 
on the way to God." 

3 Instead of " the life eternal," making sentence read 
u Peace will God give to him who seeks the eternal 
life." 

* Instead of " spiritual forces will be guides." See 
Third Lesson. 

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Yes, change that. 

(Fourth lesson.) 

" We love as we did there." x 

" We who are in the spirit of love." 2 

" The welcoming guardian." 3 

Leave out the first " and." 4 

We are (word we could not get. We waited for 
it to be repeated.) 

Will we work? 

(Is that word "working"?) making sentence read 
"We are after all working here?) 

That is right now. 

" The elements." 5 

" Will be of no value." 6 

(This is the- end of the fourth lesson.) 

That is correct. 

i Instead of just " we love." See Fourth Lesson. 
Sentence should read " We love as we did there and all 
spiritual forces are busy." 

2 Instead of " we of the forces of love," making sen- 
tence read " We who are in the spirit of love are better 
able, etc." 

a Instead of " the welcoming spirit," making sen- 
tence read "the welcoming guardian of the place." 

* Making sentence read " It is very beautiful here." 

s Instead of " elements," making sentence read " and 
each one encounters the elements, etc." 

6 Instead of " are of no value," making sentence read 
"material things will no longer have any weight and 
will be of no value." 

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. . . and here the lessons end — now do your part. 

(Our idea would be to print the sittings almost 
exactly as we have them, taking out only a few 
personal things, putting in conversations and all, 
and then put in the corrected lessons again at the 
end — would you approve of that?) 

Yes, but put the corrected lessons at the beginning. 

Monday, July 21st, 1919. 

We are here. 

In the preface you will tell how you began this 
work and that from time to time visitors came in 
while you were working. That they were always 
welcome when they too were on the spiritual search, 
but that only those in earnest were welcome. And 
that you were guarded from all evil influences as 
all must be if they do this work, for there are 
ever deterrent forces who try to break in for their 
own personal ends or to prevent the spiritual guides 
from teaching man the way to God. That is all. 
Begin your work and when you are in doubt, call 
upon us. 

Thursday, July 31st, 1919. 

We are here and we will answer questions. . . . 
(If you have no names on your side, how can you 
distinguish the person you are speaking of?) 
We always tell the individual by his force. 
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(But the individual is not absorbed by his forced- 
he retains his individuality, doesn't he?) 

Yes, of course. 

(Why do you never use the word death?) 

Death in the sense you mean is destruction but 
nothing is destroyed and there is no death. 

Friday, August 1st, 1919. 

We are here and are ready to tell you all we can. 

(Is it necessary to read the notes of the sittings 
to you to show what we have left out.) 

No, your judgment is good. 

(Spirit, we find people coming in very confusing 
and tiring, is it always necessary to have them?) 

When any one asks to come they must be allowed 
to come but they need not come more than once. 
You must learn to be so serene that nothing disturbs 
you. . . . 

(We feel that the ending of our book is rather 
abrupt. How would you like to end it?) 

" And when the world reads this account of the 
truth of these teachings, let each man listen to the 
voice of the spirit within him. Love ®." 






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